Support

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Event Setup Assistance

We pair every client with a customer service representative who will help to set up your event in the Skild platform. After setup is complete, we'll create test accounts to ensure everything is in order and running properly before your official launch.

Peace of mind knowing that your event has been set up correctly and tested by a trained Skild associate.Screen reader support enabled. Peace of mind knowing that your event has been set up correctly and tested by a trained Skild associate.

Live Training

We’ll guide you through the setup and launch of your event. You be an expert at setup, execution and reporting. Feel confident in operating or making changes to your event.

You’ll understand the tools of the platform and learn how your event is set up and run.

A clean dashboard and intuitive controls enable you to navigate and operate the platform confidently.

Manage Entries

Skild automatically compiles scores and displays real-time ranking by phase. Filter, sort or search for entries to eliminate, disqualify or advance contestants to the next phase. Submissions may be moderated or "quarantined" prior to publication.

Access any entry or application at any time from the admin panel. You always have access to content, scores and comments.

Rank & Winner Selection

Use rank feature to choose semi-finalists, finalists or winners for your contest.

Instantly know who’s got the highest score all the way down to the lowest.

Admins can approve or deny any user type (i.e. users who apply to compete or judge your contest).

API

Sometimes our clients want to go beyond the currently offered features to create their own unique experiences. Skild’s API can be used to help you customize our platform to suit your exact needs.

Skild has three tiers of "OpenSkild," our out-of-the-box solution that helps a majority of our clients get up and running quickly and efficiently with the features listed here. For those who may need more we offer an API solution.

Brand Control

Design your event’s public facing pages to match your current branding. Create a seamless integration from your website to your event on Skild.

White Label Option

Our white label option enables you to remove all references to Skild.

Brand a site and url completely as your own.

Special Modules

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Social Registration and Login

Applicants and contestants have the option register and sign into the platform using social media tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google.

Save participants’ time by enabling instant registration and login.

Pre-register participants

By preloading the names and email addresses of your participants, you can allow them to skip the registration process enabling them to immediately log in and get right to work on their projects

Skip registration altogether and save participants' even more time

Public Voting and Galleries

Shared gallery entries through Facebook and Twitter and instantly create links that drive traffic back to your event pages.

Display submissions publicly in an online gallery. Choose exactly what you what to be shown from the submission. If you choose, turn on Skild’s voting features to encourage the public to vote and/or comment on entries.

Teams

Admins can determine the maximum members per team up to 100 participants.

Allow entrants to self-organize, collaborate and submit as a team.

Payment Processing

Skild offers payment processing through Stripe.

Collect registration or entry submission fees.

Multi-Language

Events can display in both English and any second language.

Skild is capable of displaying the contestant application in any language.

Judging / Evaluation

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Scorecard Builder

Score submissions on a numerical scale or use binary scoring.

Build your own scorecards, customize the criteria, and assign different weights to each criterion.

Assign Judges

Use the “quick assign” feature to rapidly distribute all entries to your entire judging panel, or selectively decide which entries to assign to each judge.

Quickly assign entries to judges or judges to entries without wasting time creating complicated configurations offline.

Private Judging Interface

Register judges from all over the world to evaluate entries, provide feedback, input scores, and review other judges scores and comments.

Easily assign any number of entries to any number of judges. Use a weighted value system to score your own criteria.

Sharing Scores and Comments

Admins can turn on an option feature that enables judges to see each other’s comments and scores. This data can be revealed to contestants, as well.

Scores and comments can be shared with judges and contestants.

Visibility Settings

Enable blind or double blind judging, control the visibility of comments by user group, and set the entry visibility according to your preference.

Hide the identities of entrants from judges or judges from entrants.

Communication

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Quick Links

Text, video and images can appear on screen as a pop up, or enable your users to download files for offline access and sharing.

Skild complies with the US-­EU Safe Harbor Framework and the US-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland.

Reliable

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Zero Downtime

We’ve implemented tools to keep Skild “on” all the time. System upgrades and deployments are done with absolutely no downtime or interruptions to your event.

You never have to worry about your event going offline for technical maintenance or upgrades.

Browser Independent

The Skild platform looks great in the most current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer.

Users can access the platform using most major browsers.

Mobile Responsive

Contestants are not limited to using only a desktop or laptop computer.

Skild looks great on phones and tablets.

Cloud-based Regular Backups

Skild takes "snapshots" of our database in production nightly and maintains a rolling 7 day backup.

Ensure your data’s integrity is preserved through automated backups.

Auto Logout

Skild saves entries every 60 seconds. However, after a period of inactivity, users will be logged out of the system after 60 minutes.

Automatically logs users out of the system after a period of inactivity.

Autosave

Our system saves data every 60 seconds.

Contestants and applicants never have to worry about losing information they’ve entered into the submission form thanks to Skild’s autosave feature.

contact us

Have questions about running a challenge? Want to learn more about challenge driven learning? We'd love to chat. 877.807.5453.